Band ANTENAT was founded in 1997 by a group of friends from Zagreb Borough of Špansko. They started as a standard rock-quartet with drums, bass, guitar and vocals, but their setup has grown over time, together with a change of musical styles. As they performed more and more over time, they also profiled their own musical expression they now call – subreggae.

Subreggae is influenced by different styles of music, from reggae and dub, through ska and punk, to world-music elements, and each member of the band, with their own instrument, adds something of their own to the mix: drums add the energy of punk, brass-section adds reggae and jazz atmosphere, guitars adds a psychodelic note, keyboards an atypical harmonisation reminiscent of the seventies, and percussion adds Afro-rhythms. They like to say that subreggae is a big musical heterogeneous mass in a homogenous shape. In its fourteen years of existence, ANTENAT released two albums and had more than 300 gig in clubs and at festivals in Croatia and abroad (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Germany, France, Italy…), and what is more important it became a prominent band on the Croatian underground scene and gathered a large number of fans who faithfully follow and support it. At the moment the members of the band are working on their third album that should see the light of day at the end of this year, but you will be able to hear part of the songs from the upcoming third album at the gig during New Ganz New Festival in the &TD Theatre atrium!

ANTENAT is primarily a group of friends, which through its unity, music and conscious lyrics (in Croatian and English) sends a message that is maybe best illustrated in the song “Ima nas dovoljno (…vrijeme je povoljno)” / “There are enough of us (the time is right…)”, which can be seen both as an ode to good mood and an incentive for social engagement. Audience has recognized this and it has been supporting the band for a number of years, as well as many friends who make a colourful caravan and follow the band from gig to gig.